Sierra Leone’s top medical official cleared of graft
FREETOWN (Reuters) – Sierra Leone’s Chief Medical Officer and four other people have been acquitted of all charges relating to the disappearance of half a million dollars provided by the GAVI Alliance, a senior government official said.
Ukrainian jailed for life for killing Muslim, planting bombs in UK
LONDON (Reuters) – A Ukrainian man who murdered an elderly Muslim five days after arriving in Britain and planted bombs outside mosques was jailed for life on Friday.
Iraq to press U.S. on drones, F-16s to fight al Qaeda
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – The Baghdad government wants the immediate delivery of U.S. drones and F-16 fighter jets in order to combat al Qaeda insurgents, who are making swift advances in the west of the Iraq, a senior Iraqi security official said.
Nigeria says kills 74 Islamists in ground, air assault
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Nigerian troops killed 74 members of Boko Haram in an air and ground assault, the military said on Friday, a further sign of stepped up operations against the Islamist sect.
Liberals asked to form Luxembourg government, sidelining Juncker
LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) – Xavier Bettel, the mayor of Luxembourg City, has been asked to form the next government of the tiny country, sidelining long-serving Prime Minister Jean Claude Juncker, the royal palace said.
UK’s Cameron says Snowden and media spy leaks ‘helping enemies’
LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister David Cameron on Friday accused U.S. whistleblower Edward Snowden and unnamed newspapers of assisting Britain’s enemies by helping them avoid surveillance by its intelligence services.
Aid and investment at stake as Madagascar votes
ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) – The people of Madagascar voted on Friday in a presidential election they hope will end a political crisis and prompt investors and donors to return to the Indian Ocean island, four years after a coup sent its economy reeling.
Soviets conducted nuclear blasts at oilfield to be tapped with China
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Siberian oilfield that Russia and China plan to develop together was the site of Soviet nuclear blasts in the 1970s and 1980s, Russian officials said on Friday.
Czech left set to win election but new parties cloud outlook
PRAGUE (Reuters) – Czechs went to the polls on Friday in an election that will swing the nation toward the left after unpopular budget cuts and graft scandals felled a center-right government.
Rebels and Congo army clash; Rwanda says it was shelled
GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Congo’s M23 rebels clashed with government troops for the first time in nearly two months on Friday, and neighboring Rwanda said Congolese army shells had landed on its territory.
